Consumer Complaint Detail

OLDSMOBILE / BRAVADA / 1997

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005052788 Incident Date: Dec, 06 2005
Consumer's City: MEREDITH Consumer's State: NH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: BRAVADA Model Year: 1997
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Seat belts:front:retractor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: 1GHDT13W8V2 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 12 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: 97 olds bravada retractable seat belts have never worked properly, now do not work on either driver or passenger side. seatbelts do not "catch" during collision and just keep pulling out of housing. i have been told by numerous dealerships that this is a chronic problem with these cars, which probably also include chevy blazers and gmc jimmy's. gm did a recall in '04 which i was promised would resolve the problem, but in a recent incident, my seatbelt did not "catch" and i hit my chin on the steering wheel. dealer has verified that both front seat belts are nonfunctional. this problem cannot be easily recognized until there is an accident. how many bravada, blazer, and jimmy owners are driving around with their seatbelts buckled, not knowing that they do not work and will not protect them in a crash? how many complaints has nhtsa gotten, wrongly assuming those were repaired by the recall? *nm